Treasury Ministry rumored to be considering only Polish investors for WSiP

Wydawnictwa Szkolne i Pedagogiczne (WSiP) textbook publishing company is still awaiting a decision by the Treasury Ministry concerning the choice of an investor for the firm. Three candidates are interested in buying up to 80% of shares in WSiP: international media group Pearson Plc, and two Polish ones - printing company Uniprom and consortium Polskie Ksiazki Edukacyjne. It is still unknown which of the three will takeover the stake. According to unofficial information only the Polish firms are being considered by the Ministry. WSiP is the biggest educational publishing house in Poland. Its share in the textbooks market is 35%. "By Aug. 30, we achieved last year's total sales of 16.6 million textbooks," said WSiP president Rafal Grupinski. (Puls Biznesu, page 3)